OSCE Broadcast 3 December
• OSCE holds conference on partnership between civil society and Assembly (RTK2)
• Ashton pleased with second round of voting in Kosovo (All monitored broadcasters, RTK2)
• Ban Ki-moon welcomes peaceful elections in Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
• Thaçi and Dacic to meet in Brussels this Thursday (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• European observers assess elections positively (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• ENEMO: Election process successful (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• PDK requests revote in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica (Klan Kosova, KTV)
• KP begins investigations on LDK member affairs (KTV)
• Kosovo ranked 111 for corruption (Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
Belgrade Daily Media Highlights 3 December
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Next battle for Serb community (Novosti)
• Vulin: Unity is the key word (RTS)
• EU without firm decision on negotiations with Serbia (Novosti)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Fule: Model for election of delegates in the House of Peoples agreed (Srna/TV1)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• EU-Serbia: inclusivity important in accession process (PR europa)
• Kosovo hardliners win top posts in local polls (AFP)
• Seselj Demands Dismissal of Trial (IWPR)
• Shell, Bosnia region to soon start talks on oil exploration (Reuters)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina: Gang Kingpin And Accomplices Sentenced For Murder, Trafficking (Hetq.am)
• Unfreezing the Balkans (Global Post)
Not even SHIK worked (Zëri)
Enis Veliu writes about runoff elections in Mitrovica where New Kosovo Alliance’s (AKR) candidate Agim Bahtiri defeated the current mayor from Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Avni Kastrati. Veliu observes that not even the month-long campaigning in the municipality of the former head of Kosovo’s Information Service (SHIK), Kadri Veseli, worked in Kastrati’s favour. By […]
Read More →Truly be proud of Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
Enver Robelli in his weekly column remarks that last week’s runoff elections were a “beautiful show of democracy” where the citizens changed history in the majority of municipalities. The results showed how powerful the vote can be and this is where the hope of political emancipation lies. The biggest winner, in Robelli’s view, is Peja’s […]
Read More →Thaçi and Dacic to re-meet in Brussels on 5 December (kohaditore.com)
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, will travel on 5 December to Brussels, for a another meeting with Serbia’s Prime Minister, Ivica Dacic, reported KTV. The Prime Minister confirmed this during the meeting of the government, and added that during this meeting, they will be discussing functioning of the police in the entire territory […]
Read More →Kosovo continues to sink in corruption (telegrafi.com)
Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI)/Transparency International Kosova (TIK,) launched on Tuesday the Corruption Perception Index for 2013, from Transparency International. This report warns that abuse with governance, secret deals and bribe, continue to ruin society in the entire world. Corruption Perception Index for 2013 shows that all countries face the threat of corruption at all levels […]
Read More →Kosovo Foreign Minister: Europe is not Complete without the Balkans (Novinite.com)
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj was on an official visit to Bulgaria, where he met with the President, Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister. During the talks with his Bulgarian counterpart Kristian Vigenin, the two countries signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Enver Hoxhaj gave a special interview for […]
Read More →Preliminary Results From Kosovo Runoff Bring Surprises (RFE/RL)
PRISTINA — Preliminary results from Kosovo’s runoff local elections have revealed a few surprises RFE/RL’s Balkan Service reports that Shpend Ahmeti from the ethnic Albanian nationalist Self-Determination movement won the election for mayor in the capital, Pristina, a longtime stronghold of the biggest opposition party, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). In the Serb-dominated part […]
Read More →Ahmeti: Vetëvendosje will be a model for local governance (Radio Kosova)
Vetëvendosje movement has started preparations and specific plans to realize promised projects during election campaign with which it has acquired 4 years of governance with Pristina municipality, said for Radio Kosova the future mayor of Pristina municipality, Shpend Ahmeti Ahmeti in an interview for Radio Kosova said today that they have started preparations for the […]
Read More →Today starts the summit dedicated to the European policy in Balkans (Radio Kosova)
Officials of Western Balkans, representatives of European Union, experts and businessman are gathering today in Brussels for a yearly summit dedicated to European policy in Balkans. The summit, which is held from 1999, will be opened from EU Enlargement Commissioner, Stephan Fuele. The summit is organized from Friends of Europe and foundation Conrad Adenauer.
Read More →European Commission “ready for talks with Serbia” (B92)
BRUSSELS — EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule says the EC is already prepared for accession talks with Serbia, adding that they would start in January at the latest. The exact start date depends on the EU members, he said at a conference on EU enlargement in Brussels, organized by the non-governmental organization Friends of Europe. […]
Read More →Thaci: Organization of elections, a victory for all (rtklive.com)
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci today congratulated the political spectrum and thanked the people of Kosovo for a successful organization of free, fair and transparent elections. “This is a victory for all, a victory for the state of Kosovo and the process of consolidating statehood, and for development and strengthening of democracy in our country. […]
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